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| DATE | 2019-07-19 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] MTA trains all stopped because there
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On 7/19/19 11:22 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
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> Communications failure grinds 7 subway lines to a halt during sweltering
> rush hour commute
> By David Meyer and Joe Marino July 19, 2019 | 7:21pm | Updated
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> Maya Blackstone
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> The subways in Times Square are a zoo as all #numbered #train #lines in
> #newyorkcity are out of service. #mta
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> A computer glitch brought seven subway lines to a halt for more than 90
> minutes on Friday evening, stranding rush hour commuters in stuck trains
> and on sweltering platforms as temperatures in the city climbed to 92
> degrees.
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> Transit officials on Twitter attributed the suspension of service on the
> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lines and the Times Square-42nd Street shuttles to a
> “network communications issue†— the same alleged culprit in a similar
> episode that occurred only 13 days ago on July 6.
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> The computers that power the subway’s signaling system went on the
> blink, subways boss Andy Byford said, promising an investigation into
> what went wrong.
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> “I absolutely want to get to the bottom of this,†he said.
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> “I totally understand their frustration,†he said of commuters.
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Without signals, “We did not know exactly where our trains were,” Byford
said.
UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EYES AND EARS OF ENGINEERS
AND THE FUCKING RADIO
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